Swift
| Nom de l'objet : | Swift |
| Titre : | Swift |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | Tools & Equipment |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Textileworking |
| Matériaux : | Wood |
| Numéro de catalogue : | C-5114 |
| Numéro d'accession : | 63-212 |
| Fabricant : | HANDMADE |
| Secteur géo-culturel : | Other Europe |
| Description : | 86.3 H CM. CONDITION: FAIR. ONE DOWEL SECURING HANDLE MISSING. ONE DOWEL BROKEN. FINISH APPARENTLY SCRAPED OFF MOST OF ONE HANDLE. SWIFT IS HANDMADE FROM VARNISHED HARDWOOD, MOST OF IT STAINED MEDIUM BROWN, & FUNCTIONS IN HOLDING A SKEIN OF YARN HORIZONTALLY AS IT IS WOUND INTO BALLS OR ONTO BOBBINS, ROTATING ON A CENTRAL SHAFT AS THE WOOL IS WOUND. THE BASE HAS A TURNED & SHAPED COLUMN, 7.7 CM IN DIAMETER, SUPPORTED BY A TRIPOD OF LEGS SHAPED FROM SLABS OF WOOD 1.8 CM THICK, EACH ONE ROUGHLY RESEMBLING A RIGHT ANGLE TRIANGLE WITH A LARGE, CIRCULAR BITE TAKEN OUT OF IT FROM THE SQUARE CORNER, WHICH IS ON THE INSIDE, & THE OUTER, LOWER CORNER ROUNDED. THE ENTIRE BASE RESEMBLES A ROCKET ON A LAUNCHING PAD. THE TOP SURFACE OF THE COLUMN SHAFT IS COVERED WITH A SHEET OF COPPER SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPING AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE. THERE ARE TWO HORIZONTAL ARMS, ONE 59.5 CM LONG & ONE 62 CM LONG, WITH NOTCHED CENTRES SET TOGETHER SUCH THAT THEY FORM A CROSS. THIS IS MOUNTED FROM THE CENTRE ON TOP OF THE BASE COLUMN SHAFT BY A METAL PIN WITH A SQUARE NUT ON THE TOP. THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE NUT IS CIRCULAR, WITH A BEVELLED EDGE WHOSE LOWER BORDER IS SQUARE. A METAL DISC 5 CM IN DIAMETER ACTS AS A WASHER BETWEEN THE NUT & THE CROSS ARMS. THE CROSS ARM WITH THE MOST CONTACT WITH THE WASHER HAS A SHEET OF COPPER ALLOY, 11 CM LONG, NAILED TO THE TOP & BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE ARM, BENEATH THE WASHER & EXTENDING ON EACH SIDE. THIS ARM IS OF UNFINISHED WOOD, WHILE THE OTHER HAS BEEN STAINED MEDIUM-BROWN & APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN VARNISHED. EACH END OF EACH CROSS ARM NARROWS IN WIDTH & IS SET INTO A VERTICAL SLOT OF AN UPRIGHT HANDLE, STAINED DARK BROWN & VARNISHED. ONE HANDLE HAS MOST OF THE FINISH APPARENTLY SCRAPED OFF. EACH HANDLE TAPERS IN WIDTH ABOVE THE CROSS ARM JOINT. THE NARROWED SECTION ON EACH END OF THE LONGER CROSS ARM IS GREATER THAN ON THE OTHER & THE HANDLE ON EACH END CAN MOVE BACK & FORTH, PREVENTED FROM SLIDING OFF ENTIRELY BY A WOODEN PEG DRIVEN CROSS-WISE THROUGH THE END OF THE CROSS ARM. ONE PEG PROTRUDES ON EACH SIDE & THE PEG ON THE OTHER SIDE IS BROKEN OFF FLUSH WITH THE SIDES & THEREFORE USELESS. THE NARROWED SECTION ON EACH END OF THE SHORTER CROSS ARM IS ONLY THE LENGTH NEEDED FOR THE HANDLE TO FIT ON & THEY ARE SECURED BY A DOWEL THROUGH THE SIDE. THE MOVABLE HANDLES PROBABLY ALLOW FOR SKEINS OF VARIOUS SIZES TO BE ACCOMODATED ON THE SWIFT & SECURELY SET AROUND THE HANDLES. |
| Hauteur : | 86.3 |
| Unité de mesure linéaire : | cm |
| Nombre d'objets : | ? |
| Nombre de parties composantes : | ? |
| Étiquette ou poinçon : | UNMARKED |
| Département : | Cultural History |
| Établissement : |
Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Glenbow Museum
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Calgary |
| Province de l'établissement : | Alberta |
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